Creatures From The Deep

Look at the photo above.

What do you see?

It's a dumbo octopus photographed on the floor of Monterey Bay.

Along with the other strange creatures pictured above and below, it's among the astonishing variety of aquatic life discovered when new lights, cameras, and electronics were deployed.

Some of these bizarre looking species live more than four and a half miles down in total darkness, under immense pressure once considered incompatible with life.

Certainly life as we know it, that's for sure.

Below the dumbo octopus at the top, gaze upon (from above down) an unidentified red species; a ping pong tree sponge; just above, a stimias boas scaly dragonfish; below, another variety of dumbo octopus.

Turns out there's no need to visit the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine to see weird creatures.

Just get in the elevator and hit the DOWN — WAY DOWN — button.